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I cover a range of topics as a freelancer and staff reporter for Alaska's statewide public radio network, including COVID-19, government and politics, environment and climate change, and the oil, tourism and fishing industries.

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Alaska governor's race survey: how much should companies pay in oil taxes?

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By Nathaniel Herz 
| Northern Journal (Podcast)
Legislative discussion of Alaska’s system of oil production taxes gained increasing traction this year, as the state grapples with a structural deficit. Legislative leaders say they’ve had conversations about hiring consultants that could review the tax system, which has in the past been a key revenue source for the state. Late in this year's legislative session, Senate leaders unveiled a proposal that would have eliminated some key, company-friendly provisions in the existing law.
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‘You’d be crying at the pump’: This Alaska village’s gas was $8.44 — before the Iran war

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By Nathaniel Herz 
| KTOO Public Media (Juneau, AK)
At the pump in the Western Alaska village of Hooper Bay, unleaded gas costs $8.44 a gallon and heating fuel is $9.24. (Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal) This story is co-published by Northern Journal and KYUK. Every few weeks this winter, 75-year-old Harvey Joe, a Yup’ik Elder in the Western Alaska village of Hooper Bay, climbed onto his snowmachine. Dragging a sled with a fuel drum on top, he’d bump 20 miles across the tundra to the neighboring village of Chevak.
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New independent group, 'Build the Damn Roads!', will support Alaska GOP governor candidate Wilson

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By Nathaniel Herz 
| Northern Journal (Podcast)
Bernadette Wilson, one of the top GOP candidates in a field of 18 people running to be the next governor of Alaska, is poised for a boost from a newly formed political group that plans to support her campaign. The group, “Build the Damn Roads!” registered this week with state campaign finance regulators, and its disclosure lists contacts at a national law firm as well as two experienced, out-of-state political operatives.
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